teleprompter

Also known as autocue, cueing device, prompter

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Etymology
Modern design
Television
Presidential (or glass) teleprompters
Confidence monitors
Gallery
See also
Notes
External links

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A teleprompter, also known as an autocue, is a display device that prompts the person speaking with an electronic visual text of a speech or script.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “teleprompter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.